We are involved in early stage discussions on several REDD projects and AR in Pakistan, Tanzania, Peru and Kenya.

We have some interesting CCS patent development options and also a screw type water generator that needs progressing and commercialising.

Several projects advancing from 2012, and some sadly put on hold for political reasons.

Carbon markets are still very shaky on the compliance side, and the VCS has seen both a massive increase in issuance and retirement. There must be some concern relating to the increase in available VCU's.

To balance this we were involved in several high profile 'Carbon Neutral' B2b campaigns last year, and there is a clear move towards corporate CSR incorporating environmental sustainability as a core principle.

So demand is increasing, and with the likes of Microsoft going irreversibly down the Carbon Positive route, and the reality of climate change being felt by way of dramatic weather events, and seen with glacier meltdowns future demand is likely to consume the available bank rapidly in the next few years.

Whilst previously deforested areas have benefited from a welcome reprieve there seems to be widespread evidence of leakage into previously less vulnerable areas - and deforestation still cleared an estimated 4,600 sq km of the Amazon in Brazil last year.

The Brazilian Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira confirmed this:

"Regrettably we have noticed that in states that didn't have an aggressive level of deforestation there has been a rise."

Due to its severe deforestation problem Brazil is a major emissions contributor.

Here again this year following on project proposals and investment options for Carbon-Expert. Interesting options here in the world most emissions dense (per capita) state. Hotels, marinas and industrial metal recycling projects for design and research.